The Office of Emergency Preparedness recently upgraded the University’s siren system and tested it during Spring Break, Director of Emergency Preparedness Marge Sidebottom said.
Sidebottom said there was nothing functionally wrong with the old system.
“It’s the same system, it’s just broadcast over a different frequency,” Sidebottom said.
The new frequency, UHF, is licensed and owned by the University, unlike the old VHF frequency.
“We wanted to use what we already had in place,” Sidebottom said.
Sidebottom noted that her office also tested the new frequency during Spring Break to keep the sirens from disrupting University life. The University often upgrades the system to get “exactly what we want out of it,” she added.
The next planned use of the siren system will be the statewide tornado drill March 17. The office will send an e-mail notification to the University community Thursday with information about that drill.
— compiled by Bethel Habte
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